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obama won that by 14,000 votes. gwen: that's really narrow. >> a state like indiana, that was a state that obama won last time. romney will win that. everyone is surprised that all of these polls are pretty much saying obama is in command of the lead. chuck talked about they lost august. one reading is that they lost the summer, the romney campaign. if you look at obama did, they did, at the start of this race was in may. that's when they started going out with tough ads and framing romney as someone who wasn't in touch with the middle class and the tax issue, him releasing his tax returns. he was always on the defensive and now he has a lot of ground to make up. gwen: is there an argument to be made that there is a policy shift going on in america's mind as well, not just a good speech or a good piece of positioning, but actually people are looking at their choices differently now? >> there are ways to think of this, not just through polling data but economic data and there is a surge of optimism. small business co
obama won that by 14,000 votes. gwen: that's really narrow. >> a state like indiana, that was a state that obama won last time. romney will win that. everyone is surprised that all of these polls are pretty much saying obama is in command of the lead. chuck talked about they lost august. one reading is that they lost the summer, the romney campaign. if you look at obama did, they did, at the start of this race was in may. that's when they started going out with tough ads and framing...
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romney says president obama has been weak. president obama said osama bin laden, got him. that's the essence of his argument. it may be a bigger debate than we think it is, despite the lack of attention to these issues. >> i think that's right. i think it sends signals. voters sometimes get angry when we don't talk about the specific details and they get angry when the candidates don't do that either but a lot of voters take their views to these candidates back to trust. who am i going to trust when decisions are being made when i'm not at the table? that has to do with their lives and the economy. but they'll get cues from that for this debate. also in carving up the difficult carving that's going to take place in budgets and with the federal government. gwen: we have a little map that we can throw up and take a look at some of the states which everybody is watching. i'm curious what states you guys are watching. i'm watching wisconsin. how but? >> i'm watching -- everybody's watching ohio. i'll throw in one really scary thought, gwen. if barack obama of the contested sta
romney says president obama has been weak. president obama said osama bin laden, got him. that's the essence of his argument. it may be a bigger debate than we think it is, despite the lack of attention to these issues. >> i think that's right. i think it sends signals. voters sometimes get angry when we don't talk about the specific details and they get angry when the candidates don't do that either but a lot of voters take their views to these candidates back to trust. who am i going to...
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house republicans in the obama white house -- and the obama white house have been at war for a long time and this week it got worse. the reason? the since-abandoned gun walking program. the justice department refused to turn over some documents, the white house complamed executive privilege and now the committee has voted to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt. major, how did we come to this? >> this is about a 16-month investigation. the house government and oversight committee has subpoena power. this line was originally started in the senate by charles grassley. a very stern, competent bipartisan investigator but he didn't have subpoena power so he handed it off to the house. for a long time the white house position was don't call us about this, we have nothing to do with this. in dribs and drabs information has come out that indicates or at least raised a significant be suspicion to house republicans that people in the white house did know more than originally remented about this program. there are are a lobt things typical in washington in investigating scandals. allegatio
house republicans in the obama white house -- and the obama white house have been at war for a long time and this week it got worse. the reason? the since-abandoned gun walking program. the justice department refused to turn over some documents, the white house complamed executive privilege and now the committee has voted to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt. major, how did we come to this? >> this is about a 16-month investigation. the house government and oversight committee...
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president obama was ready after the first debate. he called him out, saying you've had this position before and -- gwen: romnesia. but this puzzled me, some thought romney won all the debates. he had the most to 2k3w5eu7b89 >> just by standing there next to the commander in chief you raise your level because you are actually going toe to toe with the commander in chief -- chief on questions of foreign policy. and interesting, during the debate i was getting all these emails from conservative republicans, one of whom said i'm going to go have another bourbon right now particularly after the president said withdraw from afghanistan on this timetable without questioning it or talking about the commanders on the ground and all the rest. so it was -- well, to me all the sort of neo-cons -- gwen: did that bother them? >> yes. but they're not about to say anything right now. kind of holding their fire. >> partisans and foreign policy experts by myself were really expecting the clash of world views. when you get to a debate, you really want
president obama was ready after the first debate. he called him out, saying you've had this position before and -- gwen: romnesia. but this puzzled me, some thought romney won all the debates. he had the most to 2k3w5eu7b89 >> just by standing there next to the commander in chief you raise your level because you are actually going toe to toe with the commander in chief -- chief on questions of foreign policy. and interesting, during the debate i was getting all these emails from...
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president obama versus a still sputtering economy. we'll tell you what one has to do with the other, tonight on washington war -- "washington week." and it's on. >> i'm not anti-immigrant. my father was born in mexico. my wife's father was born in wales. they came to this country. >> maybe governor romney should tell us how much money he's made off of how many households that have been closed by his investments. gwen: republican frontrunners jock acquit for first place as the runnest up struggle for attention. >> folks, a billion dollars in the mainstream media will make this a very, very election. >> i don't think we should go to the moon. i think maybe we should send some politicians up there. gwen: florida is pivotal, again. meanwhile, the man they want to beat wraps himself inspect trappings of the presidency -- whether traveling the country -- >> hello, nevada. gwen: or delivering a pointed state of the union address. >> the state of our union is getting stronger. gwen: but is the economy rebounding quickly enough? covering the w
president obama versus a still sputtering economy. we'll tell you what one has to do with the other, tonight on washington war -- "washington week." and it's on. >> i'm not anti-immigrant. my father was born in mexico. my wife's father was born in wales. they came to this country. >> maybe governor romney should tell us how much money he's made off of how many households that have been closed by his investments. gwen: republican frontrunners jock acquit for first place as...
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they certainly don't like barack obama. they don't like mitt romney. most of them were between santorum and gingrich but i was struck by how little enthusiasm -- these folks are not set on fire. they feel very bad about the direction the country is going in. i don't know what that says about the level of support for gingrich. he might get their vote and it might be a reluctant vote. gwen: why don't voters like rick santorum? >> i think a lot of people are warming to him. he had, i thought, a very strong debate performance on thursday night. he outlined particulars against speaker gingrich that a lot of people would agree with, in terms of the history of what happened when he was speaker of the house. you hear over and over that i like rick rick santorum but i'm not sure he's big enough to run for president. and that's what newt gingrich argued last night. he embraced the santorum suggestion that he has grandiose views. he said i do have grandiose views and he basically called him too small to be president. gwen: i don't think santorum saw that coming.
they certainly don't like barack obama. they don't like mitt romney. most of them were between santorum and gingrich but i was struck by how little enthusiasm -- these folks are not set on fire. they feel very bad about the direction the country is going in. i don't know what that says about the level of support for gingrich. he might get their vote and it might be a reluctant vote. gwen: why don't voters like rick santorum? >> i think a lot of people are warming to him. he had, i...
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the obama administration had nothing to do with this case. unlike defense of marriage cases in which the justice department has said it will continue to defend the law but no longer -- it will -- you know t. will continue to enforce the law but not defend it in court. gwen: what can we expect to see next, the next development in this case? >> the proponents of proposition 8, remember the state, decided not to defend this. governor schwarzenegger and still governor brown are not defending the law. so it was left to the proponents of prop 8 who got it on the ballot, they have to decide how they're going to appeal. they have the right to go to the full nine circuit court of appeals or go directly to the supreme court. there are tactical reasons for doing both but i think most of the experts think it's better for thome go to the supreme court now, because the longer they wait to get to the supreme court, more states begin to adopt gay marriage. public opinion polls continue to change. so there's a view it's better for the prop 8 advocates and sup
the obama administration had nothing to do with this case. unlike defense of marriage cases in which the justice department has said it will continue to defend the law but no longer -- it will -- you know t. will continue to enforce the law but not defend it in court. gwen: what can we expect to see next, the next development in this case? >> the proponents of proposition 8, remember the state, decided not to defend this. governor schwarzenegger and still governor brown are not defending...
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because we keep hearing things like obama light. the other line he threw at mitt romney this week was well, if barack obama is big food stamp, mitt romney is little food stamp. so this food fight is going to keep going for a while. >> karen, i want to get back to the issue of the very poor and mitt romney. it seems like his campaign was in a lot of damage control after that. but one of the first things he did after that foot in mouth moment was to stand up on a stage with donald trump. can you explain that to me? >> i can't. it was really a remarkable -- now, mind you, a few weeks ago when he was endorsed by jon huntsman, mitt romney did not accept the endorsement on the same stage with jon huntsman. but yet there was this hastily arranged news conference. and this is one of his gatches a few weeks ago was -- gaffes a few weeks ago was i like to fire people. standing on the stage with somebody whose catch line is "you're fired" might not necessarily be a move that makes a lot of sense politically. in fact, there's polling that sugge
because we keep hearing things like obama light. the other line he threw at mitt romney this week was well, if barack obama is big food stamp, mitt romney is little food stamp. so this food fight is going to keep going for a while. >> karen, i want to get back to the issue of the very poor and mitt romney. it seems like his campaign was in a lot of damage control after that. but one of the first things he did after that foot in mouth moment was to stand up on a stage with donald trump....